Aswini Ashok

Disclaimer: Based on inputs from "அணு  உலை  அறிவோம்" by J.Prabhakaran., and other sources.  Contains disturbing pictures. Read at own risk. With massive increase in the awareness among common people and widespread reach of media in the form of print, visual and social, the importance delivered to protests concerning environmental impacts have become stupendous. One may argue that with the growing agitation the country will turn zero tolerant to any kind of development project, which will only make the country’s growth spiral backwards. But it is equally important to value and understand the livelihood and emotions of the people and to be a responsible citizen to realize the real cost we pay for every development without rubbishing off the demands of the under privileged in the name of the greater interest of the nation and to equally develop the standard of living of common people without creating a valley between them and nation’s development. The term ‘developm...